News and Events

College Year in Athens has accepted Hellenic College senior Christopher Zaferes of California and junior Christian Siskos of New York for its study abroad program that is focused on the history and civilization of Greece and the East Mediterranean. Its mission is to offer each student an academically rigorous program of studies combined with the vibrant experience of day to day contact with the people, monuments and landscape of Greece.

Dr. Stamatia Dova, Associate Professor of Classics and Modern Greek Studies and Director of the Kallinikeion Institute at Hellenic College, has announced that the Kallinikeion Foundation will fund the Institute once again in the Summer of 2011, its tenth consecutive year. This is an intensive, full-immersion modern Greek language program for Hellenic College and Holy Cross full-time students. There have been 222 graduates of the program since its inception.

The Ladies National Philoptochos Society has donated $23,000 to HCHC for the purchase of a walk in freezer urgently needed in the school's kitchen. This is in addition to $60,000 given by the Society this year that was used to carpet all the rooms in the Polemanakos Dormitory. The Society has given HCHC $716,000 since 2003 for capital improvements, in addition to over one million dollars for scholarships. We continue to be blessed by such an amzing organization that always responds to the needs of our students.

Dr. Demetrios Katos, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Interim Dean of Hellenic College, recently was invited to the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Demetrios in Elmhurst, Illinois, to present a lecture as part of the parish's DEMETRIA 2010, the celebration in honor of their patron saint, the Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrhstreaming. His lecture was entitled "Transformational Encounter", in which he dealt with how Orthodox Christians don't merely attend the Divine Liturgy, they celebrate it. He discussed how to perform that task each week with commitment and understanding as well as how to discover how it affects one's salvation and how everything is transformed in God's presence.

The Fotis Kontoglou icon exhibit presently on display in the Reading Room of the HCHC Library has been extended through Saturday, November 6, from 10am to 5pm. We hope that the availability of the exhibit on a Saturday will allow visitors who might not be able to come on a weekday to come and view the icons.

The Fotis Kontoglou icon exhibit presently on display in the Reading Room of the HCHC Library has been extended through Saturday, November 6, from 10am to 5pm. We hope that the availability of the exhibit on a Saturday will allow visitors to attend who might not otherwsie have the opportunity.

The inaugural event of The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology was held on Saturday, October 2, 2010, attended by more than two hundred invited guests. The Center was established through a three million dollar gift from The Jaharis Family Foundation.

during services in Holy Cross Chapel on
Septenber 14, 2010.

Archbishop Demetrios with members of the senior class of Holy Cross at Great Vespers

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture has been established on the campus of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, made possible by a three million dollar donation from The Jaharis Family Foundation. The Center will serve as a premier international research center for the promotion of Byzantine art and culture and host a series of academic programs including seminars, conferences, visiting scholars, special events and art programs.

Holy Cross Orthodox Press of Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has published Holistic Healing in Byzantium. This collection of essays, edited by John T. Chirban, explains how the principle of holism, so prevalent in our modern times, is deeply rooted in centuries of healing and medical practice in the Byzantine era. The book demonstrates how Orthodox Christian theology, in contrast to Western Christianity, developed a blend of empirical, scientific, and faith-based methodology for healing.